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Running head: I/O PSYCHOLOGIST: PERSON BEHIND ORGANIZATION’S SUCCESS
I/O PSYCHOLOGIST: PERSON BEHIND ORGANIZATION’S SUCCESS
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I/O PSYCHOLOGIST: PERSON BEHIND ORGANIZATION’S SUCCESS1
Answer 1
An industrial and organizational (I/O) psychologist’s function involves identifying
and matching candidates with the jobs of the organization. The process of hiring starts by
making job analysis of a vacant position. From the job analysis the I/O psychologists
determines the training required to be given for performing that job efficiently, process of
selecting new candidates capable of performing the task, identifying proper compensation to
be offered and process of reviewing performance. They establish the job description and job
specification for giving advertisements to attract a pool of potential candidates. Shortlisting
resumes is much easier now as only the right candidates apply for the position. The I/O
psychologists compares the competency of the shortlisted candidates with the job description
through a structured interview or behavioral interviews (Jex & Britt, 2014).
Answer 2
When managers are involved in the hiring process they may practice biasness by
forming some personal perceptions about the candidates. An I/O psychologist performs a
scientific analysis of the candidate’s behavior in order to make a quantitative analysis of their
knowledge, abilities and skills thus preventing any form of biasness from their side. Hence,
an organization needs I/O psychologists to systematically hire, select and train employees in
their organization (Riggio, 2017). They provide organization with the right employees
required for a post through systematic hiring process such as behavioral structured interview
method. Identifies the missing skills in the employees and provides effective training to them.
Through this scientific and systematic hiring approach I/O psychologists help to increase the
employee efficiency, employee satisfaction, organization performance and productivity.